{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-579.045","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 579.045","heading":"Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance — penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance if he or she knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain a controlled substance, or knowingly procures or attempts to procure an administration of the controlled substance by fraud. The offense of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance shall include, but shall not be limited to nor be limited by, the following:\n(1) Knowingly making a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this chapter or chapter 195;\n(2) For the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, falsely assuming the title of, or representing oneself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, nurse, or other authorized person;\n(3) Making or uttering any false or forged prescription or false or forged written order;\n(4) Affixing any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing controlled substances;\n(5) Possess a false or forged prescription with intent to obtain a controlled substance.\n2. The offense of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance is a class E felony.\n3. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a controlled substance or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug is not deemed a privileged communication; provided, however, that no physician or surgeon shall be competent to testify concerning any information which he or she may have acquired from any patient while attending him or her in a professional character and which information was necessary to enable him or her to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or to perform any act for him or her as a surgeon.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 579 - Controlled Substance Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=579.045","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"850eedc3fe33e19dcc8639085d7c3ae0563fa0f5f2f55ea3ee58b9ba9bc882e3","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-579.041","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-579.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}